Safety spring catch for pins



M. BOUQUET.

SAFETY SPRING CATCH FOR PINS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.6. I920.

Inventor: MAX I BOUQUET Atty UNITED STATES MAX BOUQUET, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY SPRING CATCH FOR PINS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

Application filed. December 6, 1920. Serial No. 428,757.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that MAX BoU Un'r, citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, New York County, New York, has invented new and useful Improvements in Spring Safety Catches for lins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in catch devices for the pin portion of socalled jewelrypins, brooches, breast-pins, belt-pins and articles of this general character employing a pin held at one end and cooperating at its pointed end with a guard or catch with which it releasably engages.

There is a continually increasing demand for a relatively cheap and yet simple, ellicient and durable safety-catch for pins.

An object of my invention is to provide an inexpensive safetycatch. I provide a device made of a one-piece-blank and of such simple construction that a relatively inexperienced workman can produce the artic1ethis coupled with the factthat the material used in the manufacture of the article is an almost negligible factor in its cost makes it possible to produce my safety-catch at a very moderate cost.

A further object of my invention is to provide a catch which can be easily opened and closed by the user and yet one which will keep the pin from becoming accidentally disengaged. My invention makes it possible to remove the pin from its catch by simply lifting the pin, if it is desired to disengage the pin, or by sliding the pin into position if it is desired to have same securely held by the catch. Both of these operations can be performed either when the article is in view of the user or when same cannot be seen, as when worn in a position at the back of the body. The pin can be put into the catch or taken from it by a gloved hand. This may be of great convenience to the wearer.

A further object of my invention is to provide a catch which is safe and one which can be relied on to keep the pin in a closed position. A feature of my invention is the safety guard which is so arranged as to keep the pin safely in a closed position when this is desired. This as well as the resilient character of the material used in the manufacture of the catch serve to accomplish the desired result.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a catch which will hold the pointed end of the pin in such way as to prevent the wearer from being pricked thereby. To accomplish this I have provided a pin guard which protects the pointed end of the pm as desired. This pin guard serves also to keep the pointed end of the pin from catchlng into the cloth or other material upon which it is being worn.

l/Vith these objects in view the invention consists in the novel constructions hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, which drawings show a preferred embodiment of my invention.

I have shown my inventions more [)iti'tltfill larly as applied to a breast-pin or brooch, but it will be understood that they will. be equally applicable to various forms of articles of manufacture upon which pin catches may be used.

Figure 1 is a planview showing the onepiece blank out into shape.

Figure 2 is an edge view looking in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figure l and shows the catch bent into shape just prior to attachment to the desired article.

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view of a breast-pin or brooch, showing the pin portion thereof held in closed position by the safety catch.

Figure 4 shows a perspective view of the safety catch attached to a fragmentary portion of the desired article, and shows the pointed end of a pin held in a closed position by the safety catch.

The particular contour and shape of the catch may be varied without affecting my invention.

Referring in detail to the drawings wherein similar reference characters denote similar parts throughout, 11 designates the body portion of the spring safety-catch. This may be cut, stamped or punched out of a single thin blank and is preferably of resilient or spring metal.

After the blank has been stamped, punched or cut into the desired form as shown in Figure 1, the metal is bent back upon itself by the usual means, and so forming the catch shape shown in Figure 2.

The pin portion of the article of manufacture is designated 13 and the pointed end thereof is designated 14.

Safety-guard 12 is the free end of the catch with which the pointed end 14 of the pin releasably engages. Hereafter the term safety-guard shall wherever used. designate the feature of the invention herein described and shown by the numeral 12.

The pin guard portion 15, of the catch is designed so as to prevent the pointed end 14: of the pin l3.fr0m pricking the user or from catching into the garment or other article upon which it is being worn. Hereafter the term pin guard shall wherever used designate the feature of the invention herein described and shown by the numeral 15.

The fixed end 16 of the catch is soldered or fastened by other means to the body portion of the desired article of manufacture to which the catch is to be applied. If this is done by soldering then only the end 16 is heated, the remaining portion of the catch is kept cool so as to retain its resiliency or springy characteristic. The particular shape of end 16 shown in the drawings while convenient for this particular illustration may be modified without affecting my invention.

Having thus described my inventions, I claim as "new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A spring safety-catch for a pin comprising a'resilient body member bent back upon itself to provide a safety-guard said safety-guard being an overhanging end of said body member, said safety-guard being positioned proximate to said body member and forming abutment therewith for engagement with the pin, and a pin guard projecting from said overhanging end.

2, A. spring safety-catch for a pin com prising a resilient body member bent back upon itself so as to form abutment for engagement with the pin, the free end of said bent portion being slotted and a portion bent at an angle to overlie the point of said pm.

3. A spring safety-catch for a pin comprising a resilient one-piece body member prising a body member forming a loop, a

safety-guard constituting one wall of said loop and projecting beyond the plane of said body member, and a pin guard extending from said wall at substantially right angles to said safety-guard.

In testimony whereof, he has signed his name to th November, 1920. 7

MAX BOUQUET.

specification this 29th day of I 

